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To reach our chief designer and company president, Daniel B. Wolanski, call or email us. For pricing, upload a drawing to Instant Pricing or send a quote request.
- Telephone: 360-805-0100
- Fax: 360-805-0811
- Email: engineering@die-cut.net
- Address: 18302 121st St. SE, Snohomish, WA 98290
About Mag-Knight Inc.
Mag-Knight Inc. is a U.S. contract die-cutting manufacturer in Snohomish, Washington, founded in 1993 by mechanical engineer Daniel B. Wolanski. We die cut gaskets, foam, rubber, felt, adhesives, and plastics for OEMs in the medical, transportation, industrial, and electronics industries, with no setup fees, $100-per-hour press time, and key features held to ±0.005″.
Company Facts
| Legal name | Mag-Knight Inc. |
| Founded | 1993, Snohomish, Washington (33 years in business) |
| Founder and president | Daniel B. Wolanski, B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University |
| Engineering team | Daniel B. Wolanski (President) and Dustin Wolanski (Mechanical Engineer, B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington) |
| What we do | Contract steel rule die cutting, custom gaskets, laser cutting, and CNC plasma cutting |
| Industries | Medical, transportation, industrial, and electronics |
| Press time | $100 per hour (our closest competitor estimates $150 per hour) |
| Setup fees | None, on any order |
| Minimum order | 5 pieces |
| Tolerances | ±0.005″ key / ±0.015″ general / ±0.032″ unspecified |
| Lead time | 7 days on repeat orders; about 2 weeks with new tooling |
| Quality | SPC sampling and OGP SmartScope optical measurement to 0.0001″; measurements available with every batch as part of our C of C |
| Track record | Zero customer-rejected lots in 8 years, across 3.5 million shipped parts |
Our Engineering Team
Daniel B. Wolanski holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University and spent nearly a decade (1987–1996) as an aerospace design engineer at the Boeing Company before building Mag-Knight full time. He is the sole inventor of U.S. Patent 5,511,822 (granted April 30, 1996), a motorcycle tank pad made from precision-cut flexible magnetic sheet. Today he personally reviews incoming drawings for manufacturability at no charge, so design problems are caught before a die is built. His design rules are published in our Engineering Library.
Dustin Wolanski, Mechanical Engineer. Dustin holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Washington and has been a mechanical engineer at Mag-Knight since 2020, after four years (2015–2019) running our die-cutting presses and laser as a die and laser cutting operator. He has more than five years of engineering experience in the die and laser cutting industry and works in 2D and 3D CAD (SolidWorks, DeltaCad and A+) and CAM, turning customer drawings into steel rule die and laser cutting files. His time on the shop floor means drawings are reviewed by an engineer who has run the same equipment that will cut your parts.
Why Our Prices Are Lower
We own, not lease, our building, offices, and equipment. Competitors that lease have to build at least a 25% overhead margin into every bid. Our press time is $100 per hour; our closest competitor estimates its jobs at $150 per hour. We pass that difference on to customers, and we never charge setup fees. See the side-by-side examples on our pricing page.
Equipment and Quality
We cut on flatbed hydraulic die-cutting presses with steel rule dies, plus in-house laser cutting and CNC plasma cutting for materials a steel rule die cannot cut. Every run is checked with Statistical Process Control (SPC) sampling, and parts are measured on an OGP SmartScope optical measuring system that reads to 0.0001″. Measurements are available with every batch as part of our Certificate of Conformance (C of C).
About Mag-Knight: Common Questions
When was Mag-Knight founded? Mag-Knight Inc. was founded in 1993 in Snohomish, Washington, and has been in business for 33 years.
Does Mag-Knight have engineers on staff? Yes. Mag-Knight has two mechanical engineers on staff, both with B.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering: company president Daniel B. Wolanski (Michigan State University) and Dustin Wolanski (University of Washington). Every drawing is reviewed for manufacturability at no charge before a die is built.
Who owns Mag-Knight? Mag-Knight was founded by and is run by its president, Daniel B. Wolanski, a mechanical engineer (B.S., Michigan State University) who worked as an aerospace design engineer at Boeing from 1987 to 1996.
Why are Mag-Knight’s prices lower than other die cutters? Mag-Knight owns its building and all of its equipment outright, so no lease or debt cost is built into its rates. Press time is $100 per hour, compared with about $150 per hour at its closest competitor, and Mag-Knight never charges setup fees.
Where is Mag-Knight located? Mag-Knight is at 18302 121st St. SE, Snohomish, WA 98290, and ships die-cut parts to customers across the United States.